Malahide, Ontario

Malahide (Canada 2016 Census population 9,292) is a municipal township in Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Malahide
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Malahide
Malahide
Coordinates: 42°47′34″N 80°56′10″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Elgin
Settled	1810
Incorporated	1998 (current form)
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Dominique Giguère
• Federal riding	Elgin—St. Thomas—London South
• Prov. riding	Elgin—Middlesex—London
Area [1]
• Land	395.05 km2 (152.53 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	9,292
• Density	23.5/km2 (61/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code span	N0L
Area codes	519, 226, 548
Website	malahide.ca

History

Malahide Township was named for Malahide Castle in Malahide, Ireland, birthplace of land grant administrator Colonel Thomas Talbot in 1810. The Village of Springfield was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1878.

The current municipality was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the original Township of Malahide, the former Township of South Dorchester and the former Village of Springfield.

The Ontario Police College is located in Malahide, at the site of the former Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, a training facility.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Candyville, Crossley-Hunter, Copenhagen, Dunboyne, Fairview, Glencolin, Grovesend, Jaffa, Kingsmill, Lakeview, Little Aylmer, Luton, Lyons, Mile Corner, Mount Salem, Mount Vernon, Ormond Beach, Orwell, Port Bruce, Seville, Springfield, Summers Corners and Waneeta Beach.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Malahide had a population of 9,308 living in 3,013 of its 3,178 total private dwellings, a change of 0.2% from its 2016 population of 9,292. With a land area of 394.27 km² (152.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.6/km² (61.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

Canada census – Malahide community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	9,308 (+0.2% from 2016)	9,292 (+1.6% from 2011)	9,146 (+3.6% from 2006)
Land area	394.27 km2 (152.23 sq mi)	395.05 km2 (152.53 sq mi)	395.08 km2 (152.54 sq mi)
Population density	23.6/km2 (61/sq mi)	23.5/km2 (61/sq mi)	23.2/km2 (60/sq mi)
Median age	37.2 (M: 36.8, F: 37.6)	35.6 (M: 35.8, F: 35.4)	34.1 (M: 33.8, F: 34.4)
Private dwellings	3,178 (total)  3,013 (occupied)	3,155 (total)	3,007 (total)
Median household income	$95,000	$75,591

References: 2021^[3] 2016^[4] 2011^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	8,891	—
2001	8,809	−0.9%
2006	8,828	+0.2%
2011	9,146	+3.6%
2016	9,292	+1.6%
[6][7][1] 2001 population would have been 8,777 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries

See also

• List of townships in Ontario